FC: KQED Forum Wed; More on President Clinton and Y2K

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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[I will be on KQED's "Forum" (88.5 FM) in the Bay Area this Wednesday from
9:00-10:00 a.m., chatting with Michael Krasny about "Y2K: The social and
psychological impact."]

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> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 13:39:08 -0800
> To: declan () well com
> From: Steve Schear <schear () lvcm com>
> Subject: Re: FC: President Clinton says feds have fixed their Y2K probs
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> At 10:37 AM 12/14/99 -0800, you wrote:
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> > (a) I'll believe it when I hear it from GAO
> > (b) What about the non-"mission critical" systems?
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> I' may believe it by the middle of 2000 when those who may have fibbed can
> no longer hide any ugly truths.  Especially unbelievable as fixed are the
> IRS (IT head Gross quit in late '98 after implying to Congress he could see
> no way the mess could be fixed in time) and SSA (who's dependency on
> accurate state agency data is critical).
>
> --Steve

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